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OSHA Cites Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey in Circus Fall

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OSHA Cites Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey in Circus Fall

PROVIDENCE, R.I. – A “Hair Hang Act” performance during a Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus show on May 4 in Providence took a disastrous turn when the apparatus the performers were hanging from suddenly fell to the ground. An investigation by the U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration determined the incident occurred because the carabiner used to support the performers failed from being improperly loaded. The failure resulted in the eight employees performing the act falling more than 15 feet to the ground and sustaining serious injuries. A ninth employee, working on the ground, was struck by falling employees.

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Roland M-5000 Digital Console

Tech Preview: Roland M-5000 Live Mixing Console

LOS ANGELES — The secret is finally out, as Roland unveiled its new flagship M-5000 digital console. If the M-5000 was simply an upgrade to Roland’s popular M-480 V-Mixer that would be one thing, but this new entry takes the concept much further and makes significant strides in console design. Key to the M-5000 is its new O.H.R.C.A. (Open, High-Resolution Configurable Architecture) platform. The implementation in the M-5000 architecture is not fixed into any predetermined structure and instead gives users the power to create a console structure to suit the needs of any specific application or venue from its 128 audio pathways.

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Mackie DL32R Console

Road Test: Mackie DL32R Digital Mixer

WOODINVILLE, WA — Back at the NAMM show in 2012, Mackie kicked off a not-too-quiet revolution with its DL1608 iPad-enabled digital live mixer, which had 16 mic/line inputs and eight outputs (six aux sends plus L/R master outs) and a $999 street price. With its touch screen control; full-on snapshot automation/recall; onboard dynamics and 4-band parametric EQ’s; 31-band output graphic EQ’s; onboard reverb and tap delay; and wireless iPad control, the DL1608 was cool. But there was more to come…

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